He was preceded in death by his son, Austin Lord, a brother, Corky Lord, and a brother-in-law, Kenny Wood, as well as his maternal grandparents, Frank Alfred and Mary Jane Sims Bergen, paternal grandparents, Ralph Earnest and Mary McKinley Lord, Uncles Francis and Carl Lord, Jim John, and Raymond Bergen and aunts, Hazel Wilson and Opal Treece.

Marty Ray Lord declared his love of the Lord at an early age and always felt His strength in rough and happy times.

He will be greatly missed forever by family and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at the Cheney Witt Bronson Chapel.

Following funeral services there will be cremation with private family burial in the Bronson Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, at the Cheney Witt Bronson Chapel.

Memorials are suggested to the Marty Lord Memorial Fund and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Bronson Chapel, 501 Pine, P.O. Box 93, Bronson, Kan., 66716.